Essays on the stories that complicate the ones we tell ourselves — from ancient trade routes to the propaganda embedded in maps.
Tracing the line from Saharan caravan trails to the Bretton Woods agreement — a story of trust, scarcity, and the strange things humans have chosen to call valuable.
Continue readingSeparating legend from archaeology — and asking whether the real tragedy of Alexandria was the fire, or what we chose to remember about it.
Continue readingEvery map is an argument. From medieval mappae mundi to modern satellite imagery, the choices about what to include — and what to leave out — tell us more about power than geography.
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